He had let fall one or two hints during the Easter holidays which confirmed her previous suspicion that he had got into a wrong set at Longworth College.

He had written to her twice already this term, wanting to borrow money, and suggesting that, without mentioning his name, she should ask Miss Beach to lend it to her.

With such a request, however, Winona had utterly refused to comply.
"Aunt Harriet has been so decent to us I can't begin to sponge on her," she wrote back.

"Besides, she'd want to know what I wanted such a lot for, and then all the mischief would be out!" Apparently Percy was offended, for his usual weekly letter did not appear.

Winona only laughed, expecting he would soon get over his fit of sulks.